Klein ISD - please spread the word...

[Guest guest]

Exactly - and I would suggest that everyone send the same email/letter to

Representative Garnet who himself has bipolar disorder and is a very

strong advocate for children and others. He represents part of

County and sits on the County Affairs and Public Health committees. My

oldest son went to speak before the legislature and this gentleman was most

gracious and caring.

District Office

5445 Almeda, Suite 501

Houston, TX 77004

Fax

http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist147/coleman.htm

Amy

Fighting the fight for all our children's rights...

RE: [sPAM]RE: Re: News Alert for WEDNESDAY:

FOX News Report tonight on Klein ISD - please spread the word...

In case you're would you like to do something, I suggest that a letter to

the school board members with cc:s to your local state representative and

senator would be help to turn up the heat on Klein.

HYPERLINK

" http://www.kleinisd.net/default.aspx?name=board.home " http://www.kleinisd.ne

t/default.aspx?name=board.home

S.

[Guest guest]

Also, Klein ISDs representatives are listed below. People who are in Klein

district who are constituents will be able to have a lot more impact by

writing these two, but you could send it along to them as well as your own

representatives and senators. If you have extra time, you might want to

send your letters to all the members of the Senate education committee which

has the interim charge to look at accountability in public schools this

summer. I believe Sen. is a member of that committee in addition to

being Klein’s Senator.

For those of you who would like to write something, but not sure what to

write, I’ve pasted my letter below the legislative contact info.

S.

Texas State Senator

Senate District 7--HYPERLINK

" http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist7/dist7.htm " Senator

Dan

Capitol Office: CAP 3S.3

Capitol Phone:

Capitol Address: P.O. Box 12068, Capitol Station

Austin, TX 78711

District Address: 11451 Katy Fwy, Suite 209

Houston TX 77079

Phone:

HYPERLINK

" http://www.senate.state.tx.us/75r/senate/members/dist7/dist7.htm#Office " Sta

te District Offices

Texas State Representative

House District 150--HYPERLINK

" http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist150/welcome.htm " Representative

Debbie Riddle

Capitol Office: EXT E2.208

Capitol Phone:

Capitol Address: P.O. Box 2910

Austin, TX 78768

District Address: 3648 F.M. 1960 West, Suite 106

Houston TX 77068

Phone:

Texas State Board of Education Member

SBOE District 6--Mrs. Terri Leo

District Address: 23516 TWIN OAKS DR., RR#5

SPRING TX 77389

Phone:

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Dear Superintendent Cain:

Below is a copy of a letter that I have sent to every school board member

and will be sending to local legislators about the appalling way Klein is

allowed to treat children with special needs.

I hope covering up for the poor staff is worth all of our tax dollars that

your shoving into lawyers’ wallets. Somehow, I doubt it.

I will let you know that the University of Houston at Clear Lake has a

professor who is a behavior analyst that specializes in children with

emotional disorders.

Austin, Ph.D., BCBA,

Assistant Professor

(Ph.D., Florida State University – 1999)

College teaching, school-based interventions, and teacher training

Also

HYPERLINK " http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/HSH/Lerman " Dorothea C. Lerman, Ph.D.,

BCBA,

Professor and Coordinator of the ABA Sub-Plan

(Ph.D., University of Florida - 1995)

Autism and developmental disabilities, functional analysis, treatment of

severe behavior disorders, and parent and teacher training

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

I just saw the FOX 26 new report on Danny ’s appalling treatment by

your district. HYPERLINK

" http://tinyurl.com/3m8bza " http://tinyurl.com/3m8bza

Since Ms. ’s complaint to TEA was substantiated, I suggest that Klein

ISD needs to consider cleaning house this summer because is it quite obvious

that your staff, contrary to Klein ISD’s statement to the media, is not

trained in how to develop, write or implement effective Functional Behavior

Assessments. Has your board looked at how much this lack of training is

costing the district in legal fees (hmm, I would guess the district is being

represented by Walsh ) versus how much the APPROPRIATE training and

consultant fees from a properly credentialed behavior analyst would be????

HYPERLINK

" http://www.bacb.com/consum_frame.html " http://www.bacb.com/consum_frame.html

My guess that the latter option would not only be saving the tax payers of

Texas an enormous amount of money but that it would benefit the families and

teachers of your district as well.

I will let you know as an active parent advocate in the Greater Houston

area, Klein ISD has an abysmal reputation for its ability to provide free

and appropriate services.

I sincerely hope all the teachers, the special ed directors, the aides and

the administrators who have helped to turn Danny into a “criminal on

paper” are not only fired but stripped of their educational certifications.

Anyone who has called in a police report for their own failure to follow the

Behavior Intervention Plan does not deserve the opportunity to continue to

abuse children like that.

My question to you is, do you have the courage to stand up for children like

Danny and do what is right?

For your information, I will make sure that this case in particular is

discussed during the Interim Education Committee hearings and that it is

brought to the attention of the members of that committee as well as your

own local representation.

Appalled in Houston,

Singleton

Great Aunt to a child with bipolar disorder

The significant problems we have cannot be solved

at the same level of thinking with which we created them.

Albert Einstein

From: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

[mailto:Texas-Autism-Advocacy ] On Behalf Of Amy A.Sosa

Sent: Thursday, May 15, 2008 11:59 AM

To: Texas-Autism-Advocacy

Subject: [sPAM] Klein ISD - please spread the word...

Exactly - and I would suggest that everyone send the same email/letter to

Representative Garnet who himself has bipolar disorder and is a very

strong advocate for children and others. He represents part of

County and sits on the County Affairs and Public Health committees. My

oldest son went to speak before the legislature and this gentleman was most

gracious and caring.

District Office

5445 Almeda, Suite 501

Houston, TX 77004

Fax

HYPERLINK

" http://www.house.state.tx.us/members/dist147/coleman.htm " http://www.house.s

tate.tx.us/members/dist147/coleman.htm

Amy

Fighting the fight for all our children's rights...

RE: [sPAM]RE: Re: News Alert for WEDNESDAY:

FOX News Report tonight on Klein ISD - please spread the word...

In case you're would you like to do something, I suggest that a letter to

the school board members with cc:s to your local state representative and

senator would be help to turn up the heat on Klein.

HYPERLINK

" HYPERLINK

" http://www.kleinisd.net/default.aspx?name=board.home " http://www.kleinisd.ne

t/default.aspx?name=board.home S.

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